portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://dev-libs/expat-2.8.5:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://dev-libs/expat-2.8.5
│ └─ file ─┤ 516.00 Kb expat-2.8.5.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ update portage://dev-libs/expat-2.8.5 (replaces pkg://dev-libs/expat-2.7.4)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "unicode -examples -static-libs -test"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://dev-libs/expat-2.8.5
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 update, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
516.00 Kb to be downloaded.